On 22Sep2019 15:55, Samuel Sieb <samuel(a)sieb.net> wrote:
On 9/22/19 3:49 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>On 21Sep2019 23:24, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com> wrote:
>>On 9/21/19 10:02 PM, Derrik Walker v2.0 wrote:
>>>Try replacing gunzip with zcat.
>>Worked. Thank you!
>
>FFS. The gzip folks are back to this hubris? When it first came out
>they tried to usurp the .Z (compress) file extension unstead of
>using a nonrude '.gz' as they were quickly convinced to.
>
>Please use "gzcat"; "zcat" is for compress/uncompress and if your
>vendor's installing gzcat as zcat they need a fresh complaint.
zcat from gzip works with .Z files made by compress as well so it's not
a problem.
That at least is good. - Cameron